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The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.

past glories‎

(postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago. [from 15th c.]

2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in The Guardian[2]:

Sarkozy's total will be seen as a personal failure. It is the first time an outgoing president has failed to win a first-round vote in the past 50 years and makes it harder for Sarkozy to regain momentum.

during the past year‎

(grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state. [from 18th c.]